We’ve had another great week in p3/2!

Here are some photos of our outdoor learning session last Friday afternoon. It was great to be outside in the sun but the wind played havoc with some of our resources!!

NUMERACY

We have been learning about data handling this week in Numeracy. We talked about our favourite colours and flavours of ice cream and sorted the class answers into pictograms. We went on to learn about counting in 5’s using tally marks.

We then talked about ordinal numbers and did some work on these. The children found it tricky to remember the notations for 1st, 2nd and 3rd. All the ‘th’ ones were easier.

We went back to data handling in the middle of the week and have learned about Carroll diagrams for sorting. The children were good at suggesting their own criteria for sorting in a range of ways.

Then we learned about Venn diagrams, another way to sort!

LITERACY

In literacy this week, we have continued using our new reading books in class. The children are engaging very well with these and are enjoying the stories and the challenges of the follow up tasks. They are all getting very good at using the book to help them find and prove an answer to a question.

This afternoon, we are going to write some imaginative stories with an ‘Under the sea’ theme so hopefully we can share some with you next week.

The Apples and Bananas groups have been learning words that end with le this week. Some of these have been quite challenging but the children have been able to suggest lots of words with the sound and have worked hard on spelling them.

 

FRENCH

We are all enjoying working on the colours in French. Here is a song you could listen to with your child if you’d like to learn them too!

PE
We have been working on shapes and jumps in gymnastics. The children have been very enthusiastic about using the equipment and also very brave! We will be working on various rolls and balances in the next couple of weeks.

IDL

We are coming to the end of our Ocean topic. There is still so much we could learn but we have also covered a lot of information. I’ve been very impressed with the children’s recall of Ocean names, facts and drawings of coastlines this week.

Hopefully the children have all started their homework challenge to create a shoebox diorama of an under the sea scene. If they need anything from school to make it, they’ve just to ask. (paint/pipe cleaners etc) Here is an example:

HWB

Having planted Kale seeds, and hoping to grow a decent crop over the summer, we looked at some kale from the supermarket and made a delicious kale smoothie. The children all did well to taste it and the majority of the class enjoyed it. Well done to them all for trying something new! If you want to make it at home, we blended a handful of kale, a banana, some frozen tropical fruit with some milk, water and a splash of maple syrup!

Have a great long weekend everyone! See you on Tuesday!